Monday, July 1, 2013

Swamy supports Telangana & Smaller States

Dr.
Swamy Rubbishes claims that Telangana would not be economically viable

New Delhi : Janata Party
President Subramanian Swamy on Monday said that any Telangana package should be
rejected outright, as nothing short of separate Telangana would do. There
should be no compromise on this basic demand, he said.

A publication ‘A Rebuttal to
Visalandhra Goebbels Propaganda’ brought out by Telangana Development Forum,
US, to reject the claims of Vishalandhra Mahasabha against the demand for
separate Telangana State. The publication was released by Dr Subramanian
Swamy. The author Konatham Dilip ,Delhi TJAC Convener D Ramakrishna Reddy &
Sriram Vedire were present on the occasion.

Dr Subramanian Swamy praised
the effort of the Telangana Development Forum to counter the claims of
Vishalandhra Mahasabha. “In a democracy, it is important to challenge false
propaganda. Even during the Emergency, the false propaganda was challenged
through underground literature,” he said.

The NDA, he said, is all for
Telangana and if the NDA comes to power, he will do everything in his power to
ensure the creation of Telangana. Dr Swamy said, “You are closest to achieving
Telangana. In 2014, we should have the celebrations meeting in Hyderabad, after
the creation of Telangana.”

“Telangana activists should
never despair. One does not know when Telangana may happen,” he said. Citing
from history, he said when the Quit India Movement collapsed in 1944, people
gave up hope of achieving Independence. But it happened in 1947. Again, during
the Emergency, when he managed to escape, there was not even a whimper of
protest. “People used to ask me, how will things go on like this? I had no
answer. Indira Gandhi made a foolish decision and called elections and she lost
all over the country and she was defeated in her own constituency. When it all
seems impossible, things suddenly happen,” Dr Swamy said.

Two
States would be a credit to Telugus
Citing solid reasons for creation of Telangana, he said: “Andhra Pradesh is too
large a State; there is no dispute over language and it would be a credit if
there are two Telugu-speaking States. There has been a consistent demand for
separate State.” He rubbished the claim that Telangana is not viable
economically. If it is true then trade between States is always an option open
to it

(Based on report
by Venkat Parsa in The Hans India
)

In the Photo : Janata Party president Dr Subramanian Swamy (fourth from left) and Justice
Rajinder Sachar (third from left) releasing the CD format of publication ‘A
Rebuttal to Visalandhra Goebbels Propaganda’ in New Delhi on Monday.
Academician Gautam Pingle (second from right) and others also seen